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the big countdown zone just four days to go till love voting day both mitt romney and barack obama have kicked their election campaigns into overdrive racing from rally to rally both desperate to break that poll stalemate something neither the debates nor that huge super storm been able to do so far his arteries and associates in the final scripted rush. and fire in. the blame game in full swing why didn't you call me when you're working on this thing finger pointing p did make it worse mocking he even called it marvelous which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget a tax this president's a lightweight we've all agreed that families are off limits dogs are apparently fair game what you're seeing is them finally rising up to the level of professional wrestling and i say rising up to it because in pro wrestling in front of the cameras we all hate each other behind the scenes it's a business. and that's the same way it is for them it's a sham a sham largely compared to reality television survivor style start out a limited a.v. contestant on the island and then
the big countdown zone just four days to go till love voting day both mitt romney and barack obama have kicked their election campaigns into overdrive racing from rally to rally both desperate to break that poll stalemate something neither the debates nor that huge super storm been able to do so far his arteries and associates in the final scripted rush. and fire in. the blame game in full swing why didn't you call me when you're working on this thing finger pointing p did make it worse mocking...
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now christie, while thanking o, must redeclare for romney or take blame for the next four dire years. in case you can't remember this insomnia that chris christie spoke that so disgusted conservatives, here's a reminder. >> i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and compassion for our state and for the people of our state. >> i just want to thank him for his extraordinary leadership and partnership. >> joining me to discuss that disgusting press conference is dr. james peterson, ari melber, and lili gil valetta. dr. peterson, can you explain to me the problem here. if it was a republican president and democratic governor, they presumably would have acted in exactly the same way in the face of a storm. what's the problem? >> i don't know. i mean, should we pat them on the back for doing their jobs? i mean, that's essentially what the governor and the president are doing here. >> have you got rupert murdoch condemning him? >> i'm not sure we should be paying any attention to rupert murdoch at all. let me say this, they're doing a great job in a disastrous moment an
now christie, while thanking o, must redeclare for romney or take blame for the next four dire years. in case you can't remember this insomnia that chris christie spoke that so disgusted conservatives, here's a reminder. >> i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and compassion for our state and for the people of our state. >> i just want to thank him for his extraordinary leadership and partnership. >> joining me to discuss that disgusting press...
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final stop here, new hampshire twice in the next four days, steve governor romney goes to new hampshire. only four electoral votes. if you look at map and what if scenarios, new hampshire could determine all this. obviously the president winner there by nine points over senator mccain. go ahead, steve. >> the number of times i played with these electoral maps come up with totals that are 271 to 267 is frighting. so new hampshire certainly could make a big if did recognize. you look at governor romney's team. talk to republicans and they think he has got momentum. there is public polling in recent days shown him doing well in new hampshire. sometimes with a slight lead. so they're feeling pretty good about new hampshire. bill: thank you, steve. martha: boy, that is fascinating. we'll see where this is going. we are just hearing from governor romney, his reaction to the new jobs number that came in. his response and live on the campaign trail with the governor coming up next. bill: also, martha, there are questions about how the obama administration handled the terror attack in libya in t
final stop here, new hampshire twice in the next four days, steve governor romney goes to new hampshire. only four electoral votes. if you look at map and what if scenarios, new hampshire could determine all this. obviously the president winner there by nine points over senator mccain. go ahead, steve. >> the number of times i played with these electoral maps come up with totals that are 271 to 267 is frighting. so new hampshire certainly could make a big if did recognize. you look at...
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president obama leads mitt romney by four points. 51% to 47%. president obama, a nod from "the new york times," the paper's editorial board is endorsing him for a second term. and mitt romney, another endorsement of his own. "the des moines register" supporting the republican nominee for president. joining me now, deputy political direct for for "the washington most," anne cornerbl blue. i do want to tell you that it was not a pretty picture as i was getting miked up and finishing makeup. i was on the phone with rick green of the vice president and editor of "the des moines register." they are not putting him out here today to elaborate on their decision and why they came to this decision to endorse mitt romney, he did tell me, bottomline, it was a lot of discussion. that newspaper believes if you look had 40 years from now, a thoughtful, long-term approach to make a robust economy. they felt mitt romney got the nod that way, and governor romney had a better set of tools to break through the gridlock in washington, d.c. a lot of speculation as t
president obama leads mitt romney by four points. 51% to 47%. president obama, a nod from "the new york times," the paper's editorial board is endorsing him for a second term. and mitt romney, another endorsement of his own. "the des moines register" supporting the republican nominee for president. joining me now, deputy political direct for for "the washington most," anne cornerbl blue. i do want to tell you that it was not a pretty picture as i was getting miked...
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officially ended, that may spare government, but it won't stimulate the private sector than it did four years ago. >> that's what mitt romney said today at kinsler construction services in ames, iowa. you know that blissful moment waiting for the other shoe to drop? you can see david letterman scrutinizing the ties. you know you're in that moment now. as noted at think progress today, kinsler construction services benefitted from $700,000 from the stimulus that mr. romney says did no good for any companies in the private sector. you can try to make the argument that the stimulus program did not help private businesses even though the evidence shows the opposite is true. when you're trying to make that false argument that the program didn't help private businesses as you are standing at a private business that the stimulus helped, that's a particular kind of implicit lie. and the rest of us can see that lie as it's unravelled in realtime by reporting. even if you the teller of that particular lie do not seem chasened by the experience of being called out. here's another one. mr. romney s
officially ended, that may spare government, but it won't stimulate the private sector than it did four years ago. >> that's what mitt romney said today at kinsler construction services in ames, iowa. you know that blissful moment waiting for the other shoe to drop? you can see david letterman scrutinizing the ties. you know you're in that moment now. as noted at think progress today, kinsler construction services benefitted from $700,000 from the stimulus that mr. romney says did no good...
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thanks so much for joining us here on r t today rule re suchet live in moscow there are just four days left before the u.s. presidential election but even on the final stretch barack obama and mitt romney remain effectively tied with neither debates nor a devastating hurricane giving either candidate tangible advantage questions of mounting what the most expensive campaigns in the country's history have really achieved there's also a growing feeling it was more about impressing the viewer than talking that of real politics. investigates. and fire in. the blame game in full swing why didn't you call me when you're working on this thing finger pointing p did make it worse mocking he even called it marvelous. which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget a tax this president's a lightweight we've all agreed that families are off limits dogs however are apparently fair game what you're seeing is them finally rising up to the level of professional wrestling and i say rising up to it because in pro wrestling in front of the cameras we all hate each other behind th
thanks so much for joining us here on r t today rule re suchet live in moscow there are just four days left before the u.s. presidential election but even on the final stretch barack obama and mitt romney remain effectively tied with neither debates nor a devastating hurricane giving either candidate tangible advantage questions of mounting what the most expensive campaigns in the country's history have really achieved there's also a growing feeling it was more about impressing the viewer than...
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and so mitt romney all along the way, particularly over the last four or five months, has had to recalibrate his campaign. remember his campaign originally was based on the notion that the economy was in terrible shape, most people understood that and he was a better custodian of the economy. but as the economy has started to show signs of getting better and better, mitt romney has had to throw anything at the wall and see what sticks. he's taken to saying that, oh, well, mitt romney's responsible he says for the bailout of chrysler and gm. mitt romney says that the $716 billion that he wanted to take out of medicare is actually the $716 billion that barack obama is going to reduce medicare by. in other words, he is using up his air time and doing whatever he needs to do, saying whatever he needs to say in order to win some voters in one of the crassest displays of duplicity i frankly remember in a presidential campaign. >> professor robert reich, as ever, thank you, sir. as we go to break we wanted to mark the passing of a quiet genius. born in the chicago projects with a unique voice, he p
and so mitt romney all along the way, particularly over the last four or five months, has had to recalibrate his campaign. remember his campaign originally was based on the notion that the economy was in terrible shape, most people understood that and he was a better custodian of the economy. but as the economy has started to show signs of getting better and better, mitt romney has had to throw anything at the wall and see what sticks. he's taken to saying that, oh, well, mitt romney's...
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that keeps them competitive as good, but romney didn't say that. >> he didn't. he didn't connect to workers either w we've all -- we've all worked with somebody who is not producing, and so we get it. that means more work fors, and that means less profit for our employers. john: president george w. bush criticized for trying to sell propaganda after two months from invasing iraq, flew to the pacific and then was had the big mission accomplished banner behind him, he declared -- >> in the battle of iraq, the united states and our allies have prevailed. [cheers and applause] jowrn: so when h said that, everybody was thrilled. why is that a gaffe? >> i think the left tried to spin that it was a gaffe, but because it was so unsettling on the ground, in iraq, it didn't really mirror what a lot of the news reports were; however, again, if you're going to spin that, he was correct. they did accomplish the mission which they outlined originally at the time. john: and then reality in the next few months, and that statement looked done. >> nay got into the nation building
that keeps them competitive as good, but romney didn't say that. >> he didn't. he didn't connect to workers either w we've all -- we've all worked with somebody who is not producing, and so we get it. that means more work fors, and that means less profit for our employers. john: president george w. bush criticized for trying to sell propaganda after two months from invasing iraq, flew to the pacific and then was had the big mission accomplished banner behind him, he declared -- >>...
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now christie, while thanking o, must redeclare for romney or take blame for the next four dire years. in case you can't remember this insomnia that chris christie spoke that so disgusted conservatives, here's a reminder. >> i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and compassion for our state and for the people of our state. >> i just want to thank him for his extraordinary leadership and partnership. >> joining me to discuss that disgusting press conference is dr. james peterson, ari melber, and lili gil valetta. dr. peterson, can you explain to me the problem here. if it was a republican president and democratic governor, they presumably would have acted in exactly the same way in the face of a storm. what's the problem? >> i don't know. i mean, should we pat them on the back for doing their jobs? i mean, that's essentially what the governor and the president are doing here. >> have you got rupert murdoch condemning him? >> i'm not sure we should be paying any attention to rupert murdoch at all. let me say this, they're doing a great job in a disastrous moment an
now christie, while thanking o, must redeclare for romney or take blame for the next four dire years. in case you can't remember this insomnia that chris christie spoke that so disgusted conservatives, here's a reminder. >> i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and compassion for our state and for the people of our state. >> i just want to thank him for his extraordinary leadership and partnership. >> joining me to discuss that disgusting press...
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. >> there is never been a day in the last four years i've been proud to be his vice president. not one single day. not one single day. >> greg: he is national treasure and mitt romney is making a final push in swing states. and they released a tv ad that will get heavy play in ohio. day can a look. >> i'm mitt romney and aapprove this message. >> greg: as an entertainment reporter all you care about is bradley cooper's dating habits. are you aware of an election going on. i want your bre diction. who do you think who is going to win next year? >> i'm counting down the 355 days. i can't answer your question. i am a world-renowned journalist and i strongly believe journalists should not share who they are voting for. i don't even tell my husband. my parents keep calling me. make sure you vote. i'm going to vote for the other guy. they want me at the polls. they keep reiterating it's 355 days from now. >> greg: i can figure out by voegt who you are voting by asking you. are you voting for romney? >> maybe you should give me water to drink. >> greg: bill put something in there. you
. >> there is never been a day in the last four years i've been proud to be his vice president. not one single day. not one single day. >> greg: he is national treasure and mitt romney is making a final push in swing states. and they released a tv ad that will get heavy play in ohio. day can a look. >> i'm mitt romney and aapprove this message. >> greg: as an entertainment reporter all you care about is bradley cooper's dating habits. are you aware of an election going...
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with fewer people in the workforce, we can't afford four more years of this. your response to those concerns, quite frankly, that the jobs number is higher than what it was? >> well, we fully expected mitt romney and his group wasn't going to come out and endorse what the number is. we've been nearly 5.5 million jobs created. we're moving in the right direction. the question for people right now is where do they want to go from here? the president will say today, we've come too far to turn back now. >> there is a new line of attack we're hearing from mitt romney. he started it yesterday. i'm going to play a little clip right now. >> we've got to find something to suggest it's going to be better over the next four years. so we came up with an idea last week, which is he's going to create the department of business. i don't think adding a new chair in his cabinet will help add millions of jobs on main street. >> jobs, jobs, more jobs. it's what i've been hearing since i've been on the ground since yesterday here in ohio. the other reporters have been on the grou
with fewer people in the workforce, we can't afford four more years of this. your response to those concerns, quite frankly, that the jobs number is higher than what it was? >> well, we fully expected mitt romney and his group wasn't going to come out and endorse what the number is. we've been nearly 5.5 million jobs created. we're moving in the right direction. the question for people right now is where do they want to go from here? the president will say today, we've come too far to...
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franklin and marshal, a four-point advantage for the president. very tight. that's within the sampling error. the president used to have a double-digit lead in pennsylvania. now it's getting crowded. randi, the obama campaign says this is a sign of desperation by the romney campaign that they can't win in wisconsin, ohio and that's why they're coming to pennsylvania. romney campaign says just the opposite. they're trying to expand the map and they think they can do it here in pennsylvania. >> if you look at the math and it does work, it can certainly steal a big prize. this is a popular but pretty unsuccessful strategy for republicans, right? they have tried this over and over. >> yeah, go back four years ago. john mccain and sarah palin came here and didn't work out. you go out, george w. bush tried it and bob dole in '96. no republican has been successful since 1988 here in pennsylvania. we're going to keep our eyes on pennsylvania today with paul ryan and tomorrow when mitt romney comes through and i guess we'll find out on tuesday who was right. randi. >>
franklin and marshal, a four-point advantage for the president. very tight. that's within the sampling error. the president used to have a double-digit lead in pennsylvania. now it's getting crowded. randi, the obama campaign says this is a sign of desperation by the romney campaign that they can't win in wisconsin, ohio and that's why they're coming to pennsylvania. romney campaign says just the opposite. they're trying to expand the map and they think they can do it here in pennsylvania....
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that was mitt romney in the campaign trail today in his economic speech. he is lying out his argument that we are having to bar from the chinese for everything we buy. is that a good enough answer for what is going on? >> well, i think what the president, of course, wantsto say is that we have had some significant job growth. he uses a umber 5 million because he ignores the government sector. even if you use the actual number which is about 4 million jobs, most of that job growth is jobs that accommodate the growth in the population. so unfortunately he number is actually 87 percent of all jobs created have just accommodate the growth of population. so what we are getting is about 18,000 jobs per month since the turnaround in june of 2009. that means that it will take our entire lifetime just to get our jobs back that we lost back in 2009. we are just not going anywhere near fast enough. we need a dramatic change in policy in order to get the economy growing again. the policies have not worked. surely the president inherited its economy, but what we are ex
that was mitt romney in the campaign trail today in his economic speech. he is lying out his argument that we are having to bar from the chinese for everything we buy. is that a good enough answer for what is going on? >> well, i think what the president, of course, wantsto say is that we have had some significant job growth. he uses a umber 5 million because he ignores the government sector. even if you use the actual number which is about 4 million jobs, most of that job growth is jobs...
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that is exactly what mitt romney has done throughout his life. that is the kind of governor and businessman he was, that is the kind of leader he was and that is the kind of president he is going to be. [applause] but it's bigger than getting more jobs in zanesville or janesville. it's about what kind of country we are going to be. when you think about it, america is so unique because we are an idea. we are not just a country with a flag. we are not just the badgers versus the buckeyes, which is after the election. we are not wisconsin-ohio, maine versus california. thomas jefferson wrote in the declaration of independence. "our rights as people come from nature and nature's god, not from government." the government works for us and not the other way around. that is the heart and soul of the american dream. our founders created this and every generation of veterans and secure this. and we are in their debt of gratitude. we owe them a debt of gratitude. thank you to all of our veterans for that. 10 days to go. the debate is occurring. on november
that is exactly what mitt romney has done throughout his life. that is the kind of governor and businessman he was, that is the kind of leader he was and that is the kind of president he is going to be. [applause] but it's bigger than getting more jobs in zanesville or janesville. it's about what kind of country we are going to be. when you think about it, america is so unique because we are an idea. we are not just a country with a flag. we are not just the badgers versus the buckeyes, which...
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we will provide additional details with regarding governor romney's schedule when they are available. he also added my campaign will be run by the big oil companies. if i'm president you can expect a lot more of these kinds of storms over the next four years because i don't give a dam about climate change and the storms they produce. oh that was not part of the official statement. okay. and then of course leave it to fox news to say if romney's canceling events. that's fine. what a gentleman he is. what a terrific human being. if president obama is canceling events disarray. >> the president left for orlando. nothing has changed that much. does it show disarray or discontent within the obama election campaign where he comes down doesn't do anything, and then flies back. >> the president can be unpredictable. a lot of reason why they brought the president back was they didn't know how bad the weather would be in washington. >> it's the image of him campaigning on the day of the hurricane. >> he can't do that. >> cenk: no, no, you know, obama, he doesn't know what is going on. [ chuckli
we will provide additional details with regarding governor romney's schedule when they are available. he also added my campaign will be run by the big oil companies. if i'm president you can expect a lot more of these kinds of storms over the next four years because i don't give a dam about climate change and the storms they produce. oh that was not part of the official statement. okay. and then of course leave it to fox news to say if romney's canceling events. that's fine. what a gentleman he...
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i voted for president obama last time, but we just can't afford four more years. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> a mistake by a contractor appears to be to blame for flooding a bethesda parking garage with several cars inside. these pictures were taken in the garage at the corner of bradley boulevard and wisconsin avenue. the contractor was installing a new connection and hooked that connection to an abandoned pipe around 4:00 this morning. that caused the bottom floor of a sixth floor parking garage to flood. wssc pumped the water out, and water has been restored to the building now. >>> smaller lines for apple's new smaller ipad today. this is the apple store in bethesda this morning. just one person waiting outside. and we're getting similar reports from stores all over the country. not naezly the frenzy for the ipad mini we saw for the iphone 5. online sales, however, are backed up. if you ordered today, apple's website says, you might have to wait two weeks for shipping. only the wi-fi version is available now. >> my 14-year-old niece is saving her pen
i voted for president obama last time, but we just can't afford four more years. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> a mistake by a contractor appears to be to blame for flooding a bethesda parking garage with several cars inside. these pictures were taken in the garage at the corner of bradley boulevard and wisconsin avenue. the contractor was installing a new connection and hooked that connection to an abandoned pipe around 4:00 this morning. that caused the...
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last month only a four point difference separated the two. fact checkers are calling out the romney campaign for a new ad implying that the obama administration's overseeing the outsourcing of autoworkers jobs. >> obama took gm and chrysler into bankruptcy and sold chrysler to italians who will build jeeps in china. >> not so bad says the ceo of chrysler issuing a statement reaching jeep production whether not be moved from the united states to china, it is inaccurate to suggest anything different. today president obama tours the storm devastation in atlantic city and vice president biden makes two campaign stops in florida. mr. romney will also be in florida as he makes three stops. paul ryan will spend the day campaigning in his home state of wisconsin. let's get back to sandy, because two of the three major airports serving the new york area, kennedy and newark, they'll start to reopen with limited service later this morning, but the super storm created a worldwide ripple effect. many are still stranded overseas. so we want to check in wit
last month only a four point difference separated the two. fact checkers are calling out the romney campaign for a new ad implying that the obama administration's overseeing the outsourcing of autoworkers jobs. >> obama took gm and chrysler into bankruptcy and sold chrysler to italians who will build jeeps in china. >> not so bad says the ceo of chrysler issuing a statement reaching jeep production whether not be moved from the united states to china, it is inaccurate to suggest...
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president obama is travelling it four states, ohio, wisconsin, iowa and virginia, governor mitt romney will be hitting three, new hampshire, iowa and ohio. and hour number two of america's news headquarters starts right now. in washington, and the second hour of america's news headquarters starts at this moment. and topping our news off right now, we're going to talk to you about the live election team coverage that we have in play with three battle ground states. ohio, virginia, and florida. steve brown is live in mansfield, ohio, peter doocy live in fairfax, virginia, and steve harrigan, tampa, florida. and steve brown in ohio, a state that many say is a must-win for either candidate. steve. >> reporter: hey there, uma, yeah, basically two, you can break ohio down into two contests, a contest that's leading up to election day and that's the early vote and there's the contest that goes on on election day and the regular voting and the early vote is the contest that's going on right now. and we're in the final hour of early voting here on saturday, it ran into 8 until 2, or runs from 8
president obama is travelling it four states, ohio, wisconsin, iowa and virginia, governor mitt romney will be hitting three, new hampshire, iowa and ohio. and hour number two of america's news headquarters starts right now. in washington, and the second hour of america's news headquarters starts at this moment. and topping our news off right now, we're going to talk to you about the live election team coverage that we have in play with three battle ground states. ohio, virginia, and florida....
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he comes to silicon valley every three or four months asking for money. he goes to all the venture capitalists, the big companies makes promises tells them, i hear your concerns. i know you need to hire immigrants. i know you need to start companies. he says all the right things, and then goes back to dc and has amnesia. in the presidential debates romney was more eager to talk about skilled immigrants and the skills in silicon valley than obama. >> gavin: your frustration even again, the words of comprehensive immigration reform, the focus on innovative economy, reform of education the like, it's fine. it's the lack of application of those words the inability to square up the reforms with the h 1 b visas. >> one simple bill would boost entrepreneurship all over is. if any foreigner wants to come and start an american company. i'm talking about them bringing in their own money 20 hens and hundreds of thousands of dollars from their friends their families from back home. if after five years they employeeemployfive workers we'll give you a green card. >> ga
he comes to silicon valley every three or four months asking for money. he goes to all the venture capitalists, the big companies makes promises tells them, i hear your concerns. i know you need to hire immigrants. i know you need to start companies. he says all the right things, and then goes back to dc and has amnesia. in the presidential debates romney was more eager to talk about skilled immigrants and the skills in silicon valley than obama. >> gavin: your frustration even again, the...
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pennsylvania ad by the romney camp, should the president be concerned? >> well, you're always concerned in elections. when i ran for election as mayor, i got 81% of the vote, i was concerned. that's number one. but number two, this is a sign that the romney folks know that ohio is gone and the only path to the electoral map is to expand it and get a pennsylvania or a minnesota or a michigan. and so it's really a hail mary pass. the polls are between four and six and you don't make that up in a week of television. if mitt romney had started in pennsylvania right after his first debate with that great performance, it might have made a race here, but it's too late. they have got a lot of money so they have got no reason not to low the hail mary pass but it's not going to make a difference here. i believe it is a sign of real desperation that they concluded that they can't win the electoral vote in the so-called current battleground states so they have got to expand the map. if you can't do it in a week. >> it's still working to make the obama camp respond t
pennsylvania ad by the romney camp, should the president be concerned? >> well, you're always concerned in elections. when i ran for election as mayor, i got 81% of the vote, i was concerned. that's number one. but number two, this is a sign that the romney folks know that ohio is gone and the only path to the electoral map is to expand it and get a pennsylvania or a minnesota or a michigan. and so it's really a hail mary pass. the polls are between four and six and you don't make that up...
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but his business is preparing for the next four years. and he's decided on romney thi8 time around. >> i'm leaning more towards romney in the sense that he is a businessman. he understands what we're going through. he understands the situation t that many businesen have been in, where government can step in and effect what are you trying to do. and that is create jobs. and we believe that he has a strong belief in energy independence in this country. >> reporter: he is betting on the future of northeast ohio's gas reserves. t for others it's already hit home. mel owns a farm in the valley not far from youngswn. he's leased a patch of landgs once meant for soybeans to console energy which has already begin drilling and he is also bit-- betting that romney approach will serve him best. >> the president has more regulations, he's put more regulations on farmingnd everything. i think i have seen a number, 200 and some regulations that he did by executi order.cu and plans on doing some more after the election. >> reporter: but the state's good
but his business is preparing for the next four years. and he's decided on romney thi8 time around. >> i'm leaning more towards romney in the sense that he is a businessman. he understands what we're going through. he understands the situation t that many businesen have been in, where government can step in and effect what are you trying to do. and that is create jobs. and we believe that he has a strong belief in energy independence in this country. >> reporter: he is betting on...
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what about the next four years? what would a romney presidency really look like. joining me to nothiprognosticati melber, neera tanden, kate ton dawson. let's start with the tax plan. if there is something i believe mitt romney is invested in doing, it is the tax plan. he claims it is revenue neutral. >> you have to claim certain things. this goes for both sides. there is this thing called business cycle. this is what we study. in a free market economy, recessions and recoveries, upswings and down swings are part and parcel of the world we live in. when you look at how budgets are proposed, off of the congressional budget office projection. they are not that realistic. in 2014, 2015, 2016, they are projected real gdp growth of 4.4%. sounds pretty good. how realistic is it? if you take a look at reality, what's happened since the beginning of the century? gdp has grown at 1.7% and we know we are in a pretty sluggish economy. there is a huge disconnect between what's proposed and what's going on outside this window? >> that's the big deal. the claim is, i'm going to
what about the next four years? what would a romney presidency really look like. joining me to nothiprognosticati melber, neera tanden, kate ton dawson. let's start with the tax plan. if there is something i believe mitt romney is invested in doing, it is the tax plan. he claims it is revenue neutral. >> you have to claim certain things. this goes for both sides. there is this thing called business cycle. this is what we study. in a free market economy, recessions and recoveries, upswings...
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he did go negative on romney. not giving it up. he said romney claiming to be an agent of change and he knocked millions of people off the health insurance. he would go backward on wall street reform. obama landed in nevada now. he has three stops in wisconsin. six in ohio. they thought they'd have the state locked up but they don't. six stops in ohio tells us while he has a lead, they are nervous about that. he will hit it six times. he is rolling out big celebrities. eva longoria in nevada. sheila e. she was banging on the drums. we're told on monday he will be in battleground states with jay-z and bruce springstein. you talked about david axelrod saying that are not going to lose michigan and not losing minnesota, not losing pennsylvania. if they do, he will shave off his mustache. new information on the shaving front. today, jay carney showed up to work on air force one without shaving says he is not going to shave between now and election day. superstition. he thinks it will help the president win re-election. we know jay carn
he did go negative on romney. not giving it up. he said romney claiming to be an agent of change and he knocked millions of people off the health insurance. he would go backward on wall street reform. obama landed in nevada now. he has three stops in wisconsin. six in ohio. they thought they'd have the state locked up but they don't. six stops in ohio tells us while he has a lead, they are nervous about that. he will hit it six times. he is rolling out big celebrities. eva longoria in nevada....
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2008 the president won by, i think, four points. you've been talking to undecided voters in the state. how do you think today's job report plays in ohio? >> reporter: well, i happen to think that this may be the single most motivating event to take place at this point in the campaign. there have been other motivating events. on its own, this wouldn't be such a big deal. in a race that is so tight, uncommitted, undecided and even decided voters could be convinced to come out and cast a ballot for the candidate they think can best propel the country forward. throughout our cnn election express tour, we've heard over and over again that the number one issue is jobs. here is what the voters have told us. >> depressed areas, a lot of joblessness. >> i need a job next year. just looking around at the unemployment rate it's so scary to me. >> the last four years has not been very good for our small business. >> with the debt crisis our country has, that burden is going to be on us in the future. >> all the skills i had are obsolete now. >>
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how do you proceed if you're mitt romney? he doesn't have an official role, so is whatever he does open to criticism, or is it -- do you even morph through a political lens? where does mitt romney play through all of this. >> he can campaign in states not adversely affected by the storm. he can stay in ohio. i don't think there was any downside to spend more time in ohio and put in homilies in the speech how he was thinking of others in swing states. the danger is i don't think he'd do this with his own lips. his campaign staff answering questions and talking about ways romney is reaching out to governors. there's nothing that this guy who hasn't been in government for seven years can do to emil rate this storm or nothing -- nobody benefits if he's in close touch with chris christie. chris christie needs to be in touch with the president. they can try to muddle it, but it's a minor risk. it's less of a risk that what can happen on the democratic side, and you risk looking arrogant like you're already president. will that move
how do you proceed if you're mitt romney? he doesn't have an official role, so is whatever he does open to criticism, or is it -- do you even morph through a political lens? where does mitt romney play through all of this. >> he can campaign in states not adversely affected by the storm. he can stay in ohio. i don't think there was any downside to spend more time in ohio and put in homilies in the speech how he was thinking of others in swing states. the danger is i don't think he'd do...
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a much better economy than president obama did four years ago. >> that's interesting, eugene. several months ago there was an article that said insiders in the obama team were mortified at the thought that if governor romney wins the white house, that he would get credit for the recovery put in place by actions and decisions made by them. >> absolutely. that's exactly what would happen. and there is nothing anybody can do about it. the sitting president is going to get credit for the good and the bad. look, governor romney promises to add 12 million jobs in his first term. most economists believe that given the direction of the recovery, if it picks up as expected, we're going the gain 12 million jobs anyhow in the next four years. so most agree that the economy is going to get better, and whoever is president is going to get the credit. >> let me talk to you a little bit about speaking of getting credit, the response to sandy. part of the president -- and gentlemen, you can all take a look, as well as folks at home. president obama went to fema and washington, d.c. this morni
a much better economy than president obama did four years ago. >> that's interesting, eugene. several months ago there was an article that said insiders in the obama team were mortified at the thought that if governor romney wins the white house, that he would get credit for the recovery put in place by actions and decisions made by them. >> absolutely. that's exactly what would happen. and there is nothing anybody can do about it. the sitting president is going to get credit for...
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for four years he's been struggling to avoid 40%. when he's at 50%, it becomes harder for mitt romney in the closing weeks. >> don't you think, though, beyond the numbers, the narrative that is in a sense percolating through this storm, is what kind of country we envision in the future? what kind of country do we aspire towards. if you look at what mitt romney said in the past about fema, and about states and about all these kinds of approaches which are basically reduce it all to the local level and then think of what the president stands for, i think that is going to be actually beyond the numbers economically or politically that's something that's already emerging from this particular -- >> it is an incredibly powerful argument for the role of government in public life. i mean, it is the government that is going to actually clean up things. >> and when we've been hearing at every stump speech that problem is the government, that the republican convention, get rid of the government, reduce it, and then a situation like this where p
for four years he's been struggling to avoid 40%. when he's at 50%, it becomes harder for mitt romney in the closing weeks. >> don't you think, though, beyond the numbers, the narrative that is in a sense percolating through this storm, is what kind of country we envision in the future? what kind of country do we aspire towards. if you look at what mitt romney said in the past about fema, and about states and about all these kinds of approaches which are basically reduce it all to the...
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in ohio a new pp p poll has the president leading by four, 51%, 47%. new hampshire, a small state that may play a big role on election night. the new pp p poll has the president up by two there. in north carolina a new poll from elan university, shows the race tied, who would have thought that. finally to oregon, a state president obama won by 17 points in '08. the race is tightening there. it's down to 47%, obama, 41% for romney. we'll be right back. ♪ ooh baby, looks like you need a little help there ♪ ♪ ooh baby, can i do for you today? ♪ [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? align can help. only align has bifantis, a patented probiotic that naturally helps maintain your digestive balance. try align to help retain a balanced digestive system. try the #1 gastroenterologist recommended probiotic. align. >>> welcome back to "hardball." we now know this election may very well come down to ohio. and in the last few days the romney campaign has done some things even independent observers consider desperate. first came this
in ohio a new pp p poll has the president leading by four, 51%, 47%. new hampshire, a small state that may play a big role on election night. the new pp p poll has the president up by two there. in north carolina a new poll from elan university, shows the race tied, who would have thought that. finally to oregon, a state president obama won by 17 points in '08. the race is tightening there. it's down to 47%, obama, 41% for romney. we'll be right back. ♪ ooh baby, looks like you need a little...
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into an endorsement of a romney presidency now? by magical thinking. by adopting mitt romney's magical thinking. after saying, quote, the president's best efforts to resuscitate the stumbling economy have fallen short, the editorial then says that the problem with the economy is the consumers have to feel more confident. and without giving a single shred of evidence as to why consumers would feel more confident with a romney presidency, the editorial board simply believes it will happen. that's it. it will happen like magic. consumers must feel more confident about their own economic futures to begin spending on the products and services that power the economy. a renewed sense of confidence will spark renewed investment by american companies. industry will return to full production and hiring will begin again." that is the entire case for romney. pure magical thinking that the very sight of mitt romney taking the oath of office will suddenly make consumers run out to best buy and load up on tvs made in japan. "the des moines regist
into an endorsement of a romney presidency now? by magical thinking. by adopting mitt romney's magical thinking. after saying, quote, the president's best efforts to resuscitate the stumbling economy have fallen short, the editorial then says that the problem with the economy is the consumers have to feel more confident. and without giving a single shred of evidence as to why consumers would feel more confident with a romney presidency, the editorial board simply believes it will happen. that's...
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all four i one newspapers are backing mitt romney. what does this mean for you and your efforts? >> i know mike just talked about this. it really does not have any impact at all on the organizations on the ground. a lot of this is it sound in theory, but it really does not impact us. as of last night, we had 157,000 numbers and it really does not have an impact on these young people and these thousands of volunteers and unstaffed. host: tell us more about the ground game your conducting in iowa. guest: we have always known this was going to be a close election. we have been building this infrastructure for more than two years to withstand the weight of this. we have 67 field offices. this is an unprecedented field organization, a partnership between the president's campaign in the iowa democratic party. in each of those 67 the offices, station locations for the get out the vote weekend and they represent tens of thousands of volunteers and activists working out of those offices. the president is using those offices for congressional campaigns also. the senate races and the state
all four i one newspapers are backing mitt romney. what does this mean for you and your efforts? >> i know mike just talked about this. it really does not have any impact at all on the organizations on the ground. a lot of this is it sound in theory, but it really does not impact us. as of last night, we had 157,000 numbers and it really does not have an impact on these young people and these thousands of volunteers and unstaffed. host: tell us more about the ground game your conducting...
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four days. president obama and mitt romney, they are campaigning nonstop. and thanks to cnn's vast resources, our crews are spread across the map to cover the candidates' final sprint to the election. we have reporters in the crucial battleground states that will decide the election. and multiple crews in the all-important state of ohio right now. amidst all of this, both presidential candidates were in ohio. and trying to spin the latest jobs numbers to their advantage. the economy added 171,000 new jobs in october. that's more than analysts expected. also, revised figures from august and september show another 84,000 jobs were added more than first reported. those are the revised numbers. the unemployment rate is 7.9%. that's slightly higher than september's 7.8%. our chief business correspondent ali velshi is in toledo, ohio, in that battleground state, ali, what are they saying over there? how are these numbers likely to play out if at all on the campaign trail? >> reporter: well, you know, ohio's interesting. not only is it a tight race and one of the
four days. president obama and mitt romney, they are campaigning nonstop. and thanks to cnn's vast resources, our crews are spread across the map to cover the candidates' final sprint to the election. we have reporters in the crucial battleground states that will decide the election. and multiple crews in the all-important state of ohio right now. amidst all of this, both presidential candidates were in ohio. and trying to spin the latest jobs numbers to their advantage. the economy added...
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no two people are alike and there are personality styles and there are four styles of behaving and i began to them. i've read a lot of the books that they've written and books written about them and everything that's in the newspapers and they really stand out as biologically very different kind of brains. >> so who has the better brain? >> they're very different brains, the question of which one you want. they're very expressive some testosterone, actually, romney expresses more. the traits include being analytical, logical, strategic, competitive, data-driven, they are both that. but romney has some of the other traits. he's very rank-oriented. if you read his book, "no apology," he wants america to be number one. he doesn't see a balance of power. he expresses less empathy, less empathy is linked with more testosterone, there's a lot of articles about that. so he seems the to express more of the testosterone in his system. as a matter of fact, his face is really quite high testosterone, the angular jaw, the heavy brow ridges, the high cheekbones are testosterone. so he's more test
no two people are alike and there are personality styles and there are four styles of behaving and i began to them. i've read a lot of the books that they've written and books written about them and everything that's in the newspapers and they really stand out as biologically very different kind of brains. >> so who has the better brain? >> they're very different brains, the question of which one you want. they're very expressive some testosterone, actually, romney expresses more....
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megyn: when a difference from four years ago. i mean at this point in the election four years ago you could feel a momentum behind barack obama and people like you knew who was going to win that race. you know, it wasn't something that you could come out and say openly because you've got to keep an open mind, but it was clear that barack obama was going to win this election, and it is anything but clear this time around. >> no, you know, the analogy i would use is like two ships that are drifting into each other on election day. we don't know who has got the momentum, each side can make an argument about who is up, who is down, whose base is going to be more motivated, certainly in the president you hear as he is trying in the closing days, his tone for the last couple of weeks was mocking and derise i have of romney, now he's going into more high minded regret. he's sorry about how things are, he's sorry that the republicans won't let him succeed more, he doesn't like how things are, but he's telling americans just as he did at
megyn: when a difference from four years ago. i mean at this point in the election four years ago you could feel a momentum behind barack obama and people like you knew who was going to win that race. you know, it wasn't something that you could come out and say openly because you've got to keep an open mind, but it was clear that barack obama was going to win this election, and it is anything but clear this time around. >> no, you know, the analogy i would use is like two ships that are...
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for four more. host: how many times of using -- have you seen president obama or governor romney or their surrogates in your state? guest: president obama has been here six times this year. mitt romney has been here 6. joe biden has been here once. >> will break away here and take you to englewood, colorado for mitt and ann romney. live coverage here on c-span. ♪ ♪ >> i was born free i was born free i was born free born free free ♪ [applause] >> thank y ou, colorado. wow. thank you. i'd like to introduce someone to. i'd liek to introduce the next first lady of the united states, ann romney. [applause] >> that is the most extraordinary welcome. thank you comme, colorado. we are getting closer and closer. this is getting very exciting. this is what -- >> we want mitt 3 more days 3 more day! 3 more days! >> it is. it's only three more days. this is so exciting for us. it is a thrill to be here. what our great country this is and what an honor it has been to go across this nation and to meet peopl
for four more. host: how many times of using -- have you seen president obama or governor romney or their surrogates in your state? guest: president obama has been here six times this year. mitt romney has been here 6. joe biden has been here once. >> will break away here and take you to englewood, colorado for mitt and ann romney. live coverage here on c-span. ♪ ♪ >> i was born free i was born free i was born free born free free ♪ [applause] >> thank y ou, colorado....
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general powell doesn't think romney is ready for the job. as for sununu, he's just coming off as an angry old white guy who just doesn't like diversity. let's turn to colonel lawrence wilkerson, former chief of staff at the state department during colin powell's term and currently the visiting professor at the college of william & mary. right to the point, what do you think of the assessment of john sununu? >> i have respect for him as a member of the party, but no respect for the position that he seemed to codify. look at me, ed, i'm white. i'm not black. colin powell picked me because of the content of my character and competence, as he did every asian, hispanic, white person, black person who worked for him, when he was chairman and when he was secretary of state. to say that colin powell would endorse president obama because of his skin color is like saying mother teresa worked for profit. >> do you agree with general powell's endorsement? he is endorsing the president of the united states, and he very clearly stated why. would you go al
general powell doesn't think romney is ready for the job. as for sununu, he's just coming off as an angry old white guy who just doesn't like diversity. let's turn to colonel lawrence wilkerson, former chief of staff at the state department during colin powell's term and currently the visiting professor at the college of william & mary. right to the point, what do you think of the assessment of john sununu? >> i have respect for him as a member of the party, but no respect for the...
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both campaigns, the romney campaign says it a lot. the obama campaign agrees, say they can create 12 million jobs if four years. that's three million a year. that is 250,000 jbz a month. 80,000 more than we're seeing. they both assume, by my calculations, they assume a 4% gdp growth. we're at 2%. now increasingly, surrogates from both campaigns have told me they can do it with a 3% gdp rate which is what we might actually see next year. now former congressman, you know him, vin webber says fiscal and government restraint is the key. listen to what he said. >> we're not seeing any element of that from this administration. no fiscal restraint. only higher taxes on capital as well as on labor. that's a bad mix. >> so that's the answer that the republicans are putting forward. fiscal and government restraint will kick up your gdp growth to the extent you'll create more jobs. ken, do you buy that? >> well, i -- looks to me like their plan is to cut taxes. you hope you get really fast growth. i think the deficit would go up a lot for a whil
both campaigns, the romney campaign says it a lot. the obama campaign agrees, say they can create 12 million jobs if four years. that's three million a year. that is 250,000 jbz a month. 80,000 more than we're seeing. they both assume, by my calculations, they assume a 4% gdp growth. we're at 2%. now increasingly, surrogates from both campaigns have told me they can do it with a 3% gdp rate which is what we might actually see next year. now former congressman, you know him, vin webber says...
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>> romney: my guess is that if ohio votes me in as president i'll be the next president of the united states. >> cenk: we have the latest numbers four and we have congressman from ohio on the show today. then we've got one more fun story for you. who do the odds makers think is going to win the whole race? we go to vegas to find out. >> a half hour late for my feeing. as it is, all air traffic in vegas being held up because of a v.i.p. customer in vegas, turns out the president is here for a fundraiser screwing up my day. i'm thinking about this romney guy. >> cenk: well, he might be alone. just wait until we show you the numbers. what my favorite story of the day is, all the pundits are mad at numbers because it shows president obama winning. they're mad at math! that's awesome! it's go time! [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> obama: hello wisconsin! governor romney has been using all his talents as a salesman. >> romney: he has a campaign slogan as moving forward. >> is it wrong for one man to love another man? >> romney: jeep is thinking of moving all production to china. >> chrysler c.e.o. said
>> romney: my guess is that if ohio votes me in as president i'll be the next president of the united states. >> cenk: we have the latest numbers four and we have congressman from ohio on the show today. then we've got one more fun story for you. who do the odds makers think is going to win the whole race? we go to vegas to find out. >> a half hour late for my feeing. as it is, all air traffic in vegas being held up because of a v.i.p. customer in vegas, turns out the...
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almost everyone who is not for him is either going to stay hoe of four for the challenger. obama at 46% shows he is slipping into underdog status as we spak. gerri: the me show you another, as long as you're talking polls, we have one, the national average. and obama is at 47%. i did he'd. gretchen, you know, here is what i don't understand. i thought that people made up their mind as the campaign progressed, but it seems that most people, like you, who are expert watchers of this campaign say lots of people change their mind right up to voting day. >> to we had seen that in the past. we have had some people who did not even make up their minds until election day. i think this eltion, you have seen a lot of people make up their minds early this election will come down to the few people who make up their minds over the course of the past weekend coming into the next few days. president obama has done with this hurricane is acted presidential, taking care of business. people don't look at one event but past history and the past four years. he has not always displayed that sam
almost everyone who is not for him is either going to stay hoe of four for the challenger. obama at 46% shows he is slipping into underdog status as we spak. gerri: the me show you another, as long as you're talking polls, we have one, the national average. and obama is at 47%. i did he'd. gretchen, you know, here is what i don't understand. i thought that people made up their mind as the campaign progressed, but it seems that most people, like you, who are expert watchers of this campaign say...
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you have heard it for months, you have four more days to hear it. ohio, you have 18 electoral votes, and it is critical. barack obama and mitt romney want all of the 18 electoral votes, and while governor mitt romney made the closing argument speech from wisconsin, he is going to be heading ba back to the buckeye state tonight where he will kick off the cross country tour before the big day on tuesday. for the president e's part, it all about the ground game. get out and vote will be the message in three critical cities that are on your map. lima, hilliard and west chester in particular, and hilliard is where he spoke moments ago. have a listen to what he said before this rousing crowd. >> by the way, i think that you may have noticed that everybody is paying a lot of attention to ohio. and rightfully so. this is a choice not just with between two candidates or two parties, but it is a choice between two fundamentally different visions of america. >> our don lemon is live in ohio where he is speaking with a whole lot of voters there in that state, a
you have heard it for months, you have four more days to hear it. ohio, you have 18 electoral votes, and it is critical. barack obama and mitt romney want all of the 18 electoral votes, and while governor mitt romney made the closing argument speech from wisconsin, he is going to be heading ba back to the buckeye state tonight where he will kick off the cross country tour before the big day on tuesday. for the president e's part, it all about the ground game. get out and vote will be the...
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in ohio a new ppp poll has president lead big four, 51-47. next new hampshire, a small state that may play a big role on election night, the new ppp poll has the president up by two there. north carolina, new poll from elon university shows the race tied. oregon, a state president obama won by 17 points in '08, race is tightening, 47-41. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >>> welcome back to "hardball." we now know this election may very well come down to ohio. and in the last few days the romney campaign has done some things even independent observers consider desperate. first came this from mitt romney last thursday in defiance, ohio, about an hour away from toledo. >> i saw a story today that one of the great manufacturers in this state, jeep, now owned by the italians, is thinking of
in ohio a new ppp poll has president lead big four, 51-47. next new hampshire, a small state that may play a big role on election night, the new ppp poll has the president up by two there. north carolina, new poll from elon university shows the race tied. oregon, a state president obama won by 17 points in '08, race is tightening, 47-41. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd...
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they are taking those four electoral votes very seriously. particularly in a race, as you know, is a dead-heat as we head into election day. >> hard to believe, only three days left. david, thank you. >>> joining us now for more on this is abc political consultant matthew dowd. good morning, matt. >> good morning. >> so curious to know who has the edge on tuesday? >> this marathon that has gone on 700 days. everybody is ready for this thing. the candidates are exhausted. i think in the aftermath of what's gone on this week, there's a little wind behind the sails of the president, at this time. especially in the electoral college. i think he has the advantage right now. >> you think sandy has that big of an impact? >> what sandy did was stop any momentum mitt romney had. and i think iconic pictures of the president, especially with the republican governor of new jersey. all of those pictures, i think, helped him just a little bit, in a race that's going to be decided by a few thousand votes. a half a point or a point can determine that. >> you
they are taking those four electoral votes very seriously. particularly in a race, as you know, is a dead-heat as we head into election day. >> hard to believe, only three days left. david, thank you. >>> joining us now for more on this is abc political consultant matthew dowd. good morning, matt. >> good morning. >> so curious to know who has the edge on tuesday? >> this marathon that has gone on 700 days. everybody is ready for this thing. the candidates are...
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the next four years. the president did put one out there. what do you think about what he's proposed and is it enough? guest: i'm sorry. can you say that again? host: it's ok. the president just recently announced his plan for the next four years. what do you make of his proposals for the next four years and tell us a little bit as far as there's been republican criticism that he didn't have a proposal up until now. guest: well, i think that the president has been talking about his plans and agenda for this entire campaign. he packaged into a really good booklet that people can find in the president's website. i think it talks about investing in jobs, investing in this country, investing in education. the president inherited a pretty tough mess four years ago. by every metric this country is getting better. things are not where they need to be but this president has moved this country forward and is going to continue whether it's reducing our independence on foreign oil by growing this country from the mi
the next four years. the president did put one out there. what do you think about what he's proposed and is it enough? guest: i'm sorry. can you say that again? host: it's ok. the president just recently announced his plan for the next four years. what do you make of his proposals for the next four years and tell us a little bit as far as there's been republican criticism that he didn't have a proposal up until now. guest: well, i think that the president has been talking about his plans and...
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in ohio a new ppp poll has the president leading by four, 51%/47%. new hampshire, a small state that may play a big role on election night. the new ppp poll has the president up by two there. in north carolina a new poll from elon university, shows the race tied, who would have thought that a few weeks ago finally to oregon, a state president obama won by 17 points in '08. the race is tightening there. it's down to 47%, obama, 41% for romney. we'll be right back. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fresh ingredients to make amazing home-cooked meals. >>> welcome back to "hardball." we now know this election may very well come down to ohio. and in the last few days, the romney campaign has done some things even independent observers consider desperate. first came this from mitt romney last thursday in defiance, ohio, about an hour away from toledo. >> i saw a store tod
in ohio a new ppp poll has the president leading by four, 51%/47%. new hampshire, a small state that may play a big role on election night. the new ppp poll has the president up by two there. in north carolina a new poll from elon university, shows the race tied, who would have thought that a few weeks ago finally to oregon, a state president obama won by 17 points in '08. the race is tightening there. it's down to 47%, obama, 41% for romney. we'll be right back. fire bad! just have to fire...
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we will provide additional details with regarding governor romney's schedule when they are available. he also added my campaign will be run by the big oil companies. if i'm president you can expect a lot more of these kinds of storms over the next four years because i don't give a dam about climate change and the storms they produce. oh that was not part of the official statement. okay. and then of course leave it to fox news to say if romney's canceling events. that's fine. what a gentleman he is. what a terrific human being. if president obama is canceling events disarray. >> the president left for orlando. nothing has changed that much. does it show disarray or discontent within the obama election campaign where he comes down doesn't do anything, and then flies back. >> the president can be unpredictable. a lot of reason why they brought the president back was they didn't know how bad the weather would be in washington. >> it's the image of him campaigning on the day of the hurricane. >> he can't do that. >> cenk: no, no, you know, obama, he doesn't know what is going on. [ chuckli
we will provide additional details with regarding governor romney's schedule when they are available. he also added my campaign will be run by the big oil companies. if i'm president you can expect a lot more of these kinds of storms over the next four years because i don't give a dam about climate change and the storms they produce. oh that was not part of the official statement. okay. and then of course leave it to fox news to say if romney's canceling events. that's fine. what a gentleman he...
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be really easy for romney to pick off four or five democrats, probably not get to 60, but he probably get get to 54, 5 # 5, 56 votes through reconciliation to get rid about all of obamacare. two totally dramatic directions. we'll expand the government control of health care, which is what obamacare does, i don't care how you describe it, you end up with 40 million or 50 million people by the government. the government expanded dramatically its control over health care. it becomes the price setter because it's setting the price for the vast majority of customers, everything else will have to fall in line. we end up with a -- one of these committees or commissions deciding on things like what constitutes your insurance? this part of obamacare has not been exampled, and people don't realize this that the real damage to our economy in obama care is going to be when that commission or committee gets together apple gets to define insurance. the mandate, which is either a tax or fine; right? the mandate applies if you don't have health insurance bd insurance, but what constitutes health insu
be really easy for romney to pick off four or five democrats, probably not get to 60, but he probably get get to 54, 5 # 5, 56 votes through reconciliation to get rid about all of obamacare. two totally dramatic directions. we'll expand the government control of health care, which is what obamacare does, i don't care how you describe it, you end up with 40 million or 50 million people by the government. the government expanded dramatically its control over health care. it becomes the price...
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. >> mitt romney, mitt romney his new litany is america needs a new course. he was in roanoke, virginia, this morning. take a lock. >> you do you want four more years like the last four years? i mean, do you want four more years where 23 million americans are struggling to have a good job? do you want four more years earnings are going down every year? do you want four more years of trillion dollar deficits in washington? >> so that's mitt romney in roanoke, virginia, today. gloria, let's just look at the latest swing state polling. they're showing iowa, new hampshire, wisconsin, they're all leaning toward obama. we showed another poll yesterday showing the president leading ohio, back to ohio, by five points. point-blank, gloria borger, five days left, is time running out for mitt romney? >> sure. there's five days left f. you look out those polls, while most of them are within the margin of error, he would like to have it flipped the other way. having said that, time's also running out for the president. look. this is a tight race. it's tighter than a lot o
. >> mitt romney, mitt romney his new litany is america needs a new course. he was in roanoke, virginia, this morning. take a lock. >> you do you want four more years like the last four years? i mean, do you want four more years where 23 million americans are struggling to have a good job? do you want four more years earnings are going down every year? do you want four more years of trillion dollar deficits in washington? >> so that's mitt romney in roanoke, virginia, today....
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governor romney is leading president obama by four points among likely voters 50-46 percent. now our campaign insiders, a former republican congressman for new york, john leboutillier, and pat caddell, former pollster for jimmy carter, and doug schoen a fox news contributor and former pollster for bill clinton. doug, where does the race stand? >>doug: first, the national popular vote, you look at average, 1.5 to 2 points for governor romney. there are eight daily national polls. the governor romney has been leading in five or six. the swing states, we will get do that in a second, they are deadlocked and the momentum we talked about last week, it continues to be ever-so-slightly in my judgment, for governor romney. >>gregg: and now the rasmussen poll, the national poll, governor romney is 50 and president obama at 47 and most of the national polls are showing governor romney with a lead. now, having said that, pat, talk about the president's declining job approval. >>pat: we have talked on the program, i said the most important number is the job approval. he is holding at 50.
governor romney is leading president obama by four points among likely voters 50-46 percent. now our campaign insiders, a former republican congressman for new york, john leboutillier, and pat caddell, former pollster for jimmy carter, and doug schoen a fox news contributor and former pollster for bill clinton. doug, where does the race stand? >>doug: first, the national popular vote, you look at average, 1.5 to 2 points for governor romney. there are eight daily national polls. the...
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it's an eight point swing, by the way, in only four weeks. with all of those numbers in mind it's not surprising that the bi-partisan battleground model predicts romney as the winner in tuesday's election. will these numbers prove to be true? here to continue our debate is fox news political analyst. she's having a panic attack, juan williams, and from the five, dana puert dana perino is. it's just aut a momentum. i got a feeling in 2008, you could just tell it wasn't going to go senator mccain's way. >> i think there's a lot of truth to that. there's a mood difference in 2008. republicans for good reason thought they weren't going to win that election. everything was going against them. in 2012 there's a much different feeling across the country. if you look at the crowds that romney and ryan were able to gather this past weekend, actually republicans believe they can win this time. i think it will probably be a little bit closer than that, romney wins by a when i say kerr, but some of the states that were strong obama like minnesota that ar
it's an eight point swing, by the way, in only four weeks. with all of those numbers in mind it's not surprising that the bi-partisan battleground model predicts romney as the winner in tuesday's election. will these numbers prove to be true? here to continue our debate is fox news political analyst. she's having a panic attack, juan williams, and from the five, dana puert dana perino is. it's just aut a momentum. i got a feeling in 2008, you could just tell it wasn't going to go senator...
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most of the calls here went to voters in california, firing up support for mitt romney. >> do you feel pressure? >> oh, yes, two or three days. >> reporter: state g.o.p. chair tom del beccaro tommed by the headquarters. >> the electorate has changed. four years ago the enthusiasm was on the democrat's side and this year it's definitely on republican's side and that is going to carry states like ohio and iowa and colorado. >> reporter: us senator barbara boxer came to ktvu and told me that she believes that the votes will still fall for president obama. >> if you believe it or not polls the horse race is close nationwide, but the electoral college seems to favor the president, but again, we don't know until it's over. >> reporter: these voters are trying to get out of vote and that is one place where the republicans agree and say regardless of your political stripes everyone needs to cast their ballots in oakland, son sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> coming up in 13 minutes the million muppet march, the seriously political message behind today's puppet rally. >>> some legal scholars say
most of the calls here went to voters in california, firing up support for mitt romney. >> do you feel pressure? >> oh, yes, two or three days. >> reporter: state g.o.p. chair tom del beccaro tommed by the headquarters. >> the electorate has changed. four years ago the enthusiasm was on the democrat's side and this year it's definitely on republican's side and that is going to carry states like ohio and iowa and colorado. >> reporter: us senator barbara boxer came...
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four others showed the race tied. you say mitt romney is ahead in your tracking polls. guest: i think the model most of them are using is the 2008 model and that was an unusual election. host: in terms of sampling? guest: yes. we know the intensity level -- first of all, of voting dropped off substantially in 20008. the president won ohio by 4.16% of the vote. we think that model -- we do not believe they have matched and that intensity this year. we think it has shifted into the republican camp. if you look at the counties around our major metropolitan areas, this is where we are substantially outperforming. host: i want to ask you -- we have been talking about hurricane sandy and its effects this morning. do you think it will have an impact on ohio at all? guest: it certainly has had an impact in northern ohio. i live in the city of cleveland and was without electricity from monday to just yesterday. there are still 70,000 folks out. that does not even compared to the problems that new jersey and new york and the eastern sea coast had. i think we've feel pretty lucky.
four others showed the race tied. you say mitt romney is ahead in your tracking polls. guest: i think the model most of them are using is the 2008 model and that was an unusual election. host: in terms of sampling? guest: yes. we know the intensity level -- first of all, of voting dropped off substantially in 20008. the president won ohio by 4.16% of the vote. we think that model -- we do not believe they have matched and that intensity this year. we think it has shifted into the republican...
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the president is up by four points in pennsylvania and they are still pouring all of that money into it. the poll out today was a franklin and marshall poll. and david axelrod placed an interesting range isser on whether the participate would take minnesota, michigan or pennsylvania. >> i will shave off my mustache if we lose any of those states. >> jennifer: that put david axelrod on the side of the american mustache lobby. and the american mustache institute put out a statement saying, quote . . . >> jennifer: all kidding aside, the -- honestly -- the very serious nate silver now predicts the president has a 78.4% chance of winning the election. nate silver looks at this huge mess of polls and pulls out which have historically been the most reliable and weighs them based on their representtive sample, and weighs them based upon their polling accuracy and polling method and the party dentation of that state's electorate, and the political contributions in each state, and the favorability of both candidates. early voting, that also seems to be bearing him out. across the swing states
the president is up by four points in pennsylvania and they are still pouring all of that money into it. the poll out today was a franklin and marshall poll. and david axelrod placed an interesting range isser on whether the participate would take minnesota, michigan or pennsylvania. >> i will shave off my mustache if we lose any of those states. >> jennifer: that put david axelrod on the side of the american mustache lobby. and the american mustache institute put out a statement...
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mitt romney has that program. his commitment to produce 12 million jobs over the next four years is the way this country needs to do it. also, take regulation out of the small business communities so that our small businessmen, the real job creators, know what's going to happen over the next four years. these are the tears of are necessary. if you look at ohio with a governor kasich who inherited a rainy day fund with 83 cents in it, the state was $8 billion in debt. he was able to balance the budget, put $400 million into the rainy day fund and the same time reduce taxes. that has been the biggest job creator in ohio that we have seen a in the nation. i think these programs do work. i think the governors are leading the change efforts in this country and have to continue to do that. the federal government has been an impediment regulations in the have prohibited them from trading jobs that are necessary in this country to push our economy and to also improve the economy over where it has been over the last four y
mitt romney has that program. his commitment to produce 12 million jobs over the next four years is the way this country needs to do it. also, take regulation out of the small business communities so that our small businessmen, the real job creators, know what's going to happen over the next four years. these are the tears of are necessary. if you look at ohio with a governor kasich who inherited a rainy day fund with 83 cents in it, the state was $8 billion in debt. he was able to balance the...
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romney might want to pick up the phone, you know, give this guy a call, keynote speaker of the republican convention. governor christie spent the last four days praising the president of the united states in his partnership in storm preparation and response to the disaster. president obama passed, i think, the reach across the aisle test with flying colors. don't you think? the president spoke about his unified goal during a campaign stop in green bay. >> when disaster strikes, we america a all the petty differences that consume seem to me there a republicans during a storm. they're just fellow americans. leaders of different parties working to fix what's broken. neighbors helping neighbors cope with tragedy. communities rallying to rebuild. a spirit that says, in the end, we're all in this together. >> when you have a willing partner, you can get things done. all americans are willing can't let you succeed in anything. that's our ticket to coming back." what if we took that attitude right there to the storm damage and cleanup? now mitt romney said he's the guy who can reach across the ai
romney might want to pick up the phone, you know, give this guy a call, keynote speaker of the republican convention. governor christie spent the last four days praising the president of the united states in his partnership in storm preparation and response to the disaster. president obama passed, i think, the reach across the aisle test with flying colors. don't you think? the president spoke about his unified goal during a campaign stop in green bay. >> when disaster strikes, we america...
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now all four of the major papers in iowa have all endorsed mitt romney. so i do think that as the president's been looking for -- to stop some of the mitt romney's momentum in some places, that he would have liked that little bit of a boost from "the des moines register." he still probably has a narrow edge in iowa, but he has to do it without their support. >> the paper says that mitt romney offers a fresh economic visi vision. what do they point as a specific of the vision that apparently impressed them? >> that's one of the things that i think a lot of us read the editorial, from both sides there's a lot of talking points in here. there wasn't a lot of new information as to why they made the decision. it sounded like they had a heated internal discussion and debate about it. it was almost, we need a change. mitt romney worked with democrats in massachusetts, but that was because of necessity, 87% democratic majority there. it's not at all clear how mitt romney would reach out to democrats, if you were to become president, in the next eight days. >> all
now all four of the major papers in iowa have all endorsed mitt romney. so i do think that as the president's been looking for -- to stop some of the mitt romney's momentum in some places, that he would have liked that little bit of a boost from "the des moines register." he still probably has a narrow edge in iowa, but he has to do it without their support. >> the paper says that mitt romney offers a fresh economic visi vision. what do they point as a specific of the vision...